The Review on Medhya Dravya for Stress

Shweta Sanjay Shete, Dnyaneshwar Meshram, Gurunath Khanolkar

Abstract: Stress is today a global issue. Normally stress occur when a situation as difficult and potentially invincible. Stress can be a motivator and it can even be essential to survival, but when the level of stress exceeds then it became harmful to health. It affects physical as well as mental health. Ayurveda takes a holistic approach to managing the stress and anxiety. Ayurveda?s stress management remedies involve herbal supplements, suitable oils, sattiv diet, practice of yoga and meditation. Ayurveda focus on root cause of stress and precise preventive management for it. Among the line of treatment of Ayurveda the medhya dravya plays an important role as a rasayan to treat the psychiatric diseases.

Keywords: Stress Management, Ayurveda, Herbal Supplements, Yoga and Meditation, Holistic Health